Intelektualna obrada „Kosova“: srpske recepcije, rezignacije i reakcije
Intellectual Processing of “Kosovo”: Serbian Receptions, Resignations and Reactions

Author(s): Predrag Krstić
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Politics and society, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: KPZ Beton
Keywords: Kosovo; Serbian intellectuals; emotional reactions; Gnostic vision; critical understanding; role of intelligentsia;
Summary/Abstract: The paper follows the reactions of Serbian professional, cultural and intellectual public on the developments in Kosovo and about Kosovo in the last three decades, focusing in particular on the period of its unilateral declaration of independence. The first part of the article expose emotional responses to the challenge that the events in Kosovo provoked. The central section is devoted to explanations or rationalizations that tend theoretically to interpreted them, with special emphasis on two characteristic models of understanding of „Kosovo“: the “Gnostic” and the “critical” one. The conclusion suggests that the impenetrability of rival discursive systems and argumentative flows of an already predefined conflict does not provide the hope not only for reconciliation, but even for a responsible dialogue among them.

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